Letter: Men, sex and football

James McAndrew
Tuesday 05 May 1998 18:02 EDT
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Sir: With reference to your leading article "Send her off and let me watch the football!" (5 May), I appear to be one of the few men in England determined to avoid seeing any of the World Cup; a lecture on the history of plywood would be more interesting. Instead, I intend to spend June and July shopping in London's West End, enjoying candle- lit dinners, sipping champagne in exclusive nightclubs, staying in five- star hotels - and having sex. Please feel free to pass on my address and telephone number to any disgruntled wives or girlfriends of football fans who would like to join me.

JAMES McANDREW

London W1

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